LANDFORMS AROUND THE WORLD PAOLA ANDREA POLANCO. Rainbow Mountains: Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park  Zhangye's Danxia landscape has lots of precipitous.

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LANDFORMS AROUND THE WORLD PAOLA ANDREA POLANCO

Rainbow Mountains: Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park  Zhangye's Danxia landscape has lots of precipitous red cliffs, most of which are several hundred meters high, and multicolored ridges of weathered strata, sometimes stretching to the horizon.

Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras.  The Banaue Rice Terraces, are 2,000- year-old terraces that were carved into the mountains of Ifugao in the Philippines by ancestors of the indigenous people.

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe  Located on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe are a waterfall Zambezi River.  Over the falls is the Victoria Falls Bridge, an old steel arch completed in 1905.

Caño Cristales, Colombia  Caño Cristales is a river of Colombia, which is located in the Sierra de la Macarena, in the municipality of the same name, in the department of Meta.  It has been called "the river of five colors", "the rainbow melted" or even "the most beautiful river in the world

The Wave on Hyden Rock  It is one of Australia's most famous landforms, a giant surf wave of multicoloured granite about to crash onto the bush below.  It derives its name from the fact that it is the form of an ocean wave about to break.

Wisteria Flower Tunnel, Japan  Located in the city of Kitakyushu, Japan, Kawachi Fuji Garden is home to an incredible 150 Wisteria flowering plants spanning 20 different species.  The garden’s main attraction is the Wisteria tunnel that allows visitors to walk down an enchanting tunnel exploding with colour.